Thread: Sighting in your hunting rifle

Originally Posted by caberslash

Bullets don't 'rise', it's the peddling of such mumbo-jumbo that makes new shooters confused due to all the poor info out there. And proves that many 'experts' who write in hunting mags don't have a clue and prepetuate bad info because it is generally accepted.

Your methods involve a guesstimate of where the bullet will impact. I've seen front legs blown off due to such 'guesstimates', as if the deer is significantly smaller, the whole 'maximum point blank range' method is in the bin.

Personally range most clearings so I have a good idea already of the general range for when deer appear there. The quality of rangefinders has increased exponentially as price and size has decreased.

People should be encouraged to improve and try new methods, as you can revert back if things don't work.

If your line of sight IS perfectly horizontal your bullet gains altitude by 2-4" on way to its trajectory peak.....is that better???ffs